Thanks Phil I'll bear that in mind it could account for the disparity in surnames at marriage. Brian On 28 Jul 2004, at 7:12 pm, Phil Cox wrote: > Just a thought Brian, but have you considered alternate spellings. I > have > some MUNNS from Cambridgeshire who went to New York and from there to > Utah > in around 1860 > > -----Original Message----- > From: B&D [mailto:band.mereside@tiscali.co.uk] > Sent: 28 July 2004 09:20 > To: ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Minns New York! > > Hello listers near and far > > I am in the process of trying to track down the Minns families tracing > their ancestry back to Edward Minns and Susannah Whybrow who married in > 1800 in Chesterton. I have come across an entry in the 1881 Census , > Occupation Road Chesterton, of William and Caroline Brown and his > stepchildren Louis E Minns, Caroline Minns William Minns and Lily May > Minns. Looking back on the Camdex for marriages I found a marriage in > 1880 for Caroline (Minns, Carter) to William Brown, this would > certainly appear to be them. Looking back further on the index there > is a marriage for James Minns to Caroline Whiteman in 1867 I am > assuming that this too is the Caroline from the 1881 Census. I know I > am on dangerous ground but the children were born between 1870 and 1876 > which would fit in with both of these marriages. There are many > children christened James in the Minns family and I can account for > most of their marriages but I can't fit this one in. It is a mystery > and I can only assume that their were many second marriages and deaths > that I have not found. If anyone has access to the Chesterton parish > records for 1867 could they take pity on me and look for further > details please. > > Heartfelt thanks if anyone is able to do this. > > Brian > > Chasing any Cambridge MINNS > > > > ==== ENG-CAMBRIDGESHIRE Mailing List ==== > . >